University drive accelerates for Northwest Texas campus
At a special board meeting enthusiastic supporters urged officials to picture the university's local impact. Several thousand dollars in contracts were turned in as sales committees prepare a noon luncheon at Amarillo hotel to inform business leaders about the plan. The Northwest Texas conference meets March 29 with 300 Methodist ministers and laymen expected to ratify the locating commission, while finance directors warn that substantial work remains.
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Amarillo
Northwest Texas
Methodist Church
Rebekahs Doff Badges as Waco Meeting Closes
The Rebekahs assembly in Waco marks its final business session at Trinity Presbyterian church. Mrs. Josephine Forbes wraps up her presidency as new officers are installed including Mrs. Ade Ramsey as president and Mrs. Annie Savage as vice president.
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Associated Press
Waco
Rebekahs
Trinity Presbyterian
Mary Jane Kincaid
Dallas
Bessie Dolan
Paylor
Mem
Ade Ramsey
Wichita Falls
Annie Savage
Odd Fellows of Texas conclude eighty seventh session
In Waco Delegates return from the eighty seventh annual grand lodge meeting led by Grand Master C A Wheeler of Austin. He praises the gathering as the most successful due to passing legislation and harmony. Key actions include raising 100000 dollars for the Ennis home for aged and 60000 dollars for Corsicana home improvements.
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Waco
C. A. Wheeler
Austin
Odd Fellows of
Texas
Grand Lodge
Wheeler
Odd Fellows
Amarillo Froduc Listing of Poultry Weights and Prices
Poultry items listed with weight categories including hens four pounds and over fleas under four pounds springs up to two pounds springs over two pounds stage roosters old and young ducks and geese. Butter packing price PME fsa 18 cents.
Kansas City Livestock Markets Report
Kansas City market recap dated March 24 shows hogs 6 or 6,500 head with slow trade and top at 12.25, packing sows around 10.00. Cattle 2,000 head including top vealers at 11.60 and steer classes around 12.00, lambs 16.25 and wethers 9.25 with steady prices.
Chicago Livestock Market Report March 24
Chicago market data shows hogs 29 060 head steady with heavy weights 10.70 to 11.25, mediums 10.85 to 12.60, packing sows 10 to 11.50, slaughter hogs 12.20, cattle 1 200 steady with heavy steers around 2.78, best yearlings about 12.00, fed steers over 12.00, fat cows 6.25 to 7.75, vealers 9.00 to 10.00, sheep 13 000 slow with woolled lambs 15.28 to 16.00, clipped lambs 14.00 to 18.25, fat ewes 3.60 to 9.50.
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Chicago
Livestock Market Report St Louis East St Louis March 24
Hog prices range up to 12.20 for top hogs and 11.26 to 12.00 for sows. Cattle and calves broadly steady with vealers around 14.25 and steers near 9.60 to 9.65. Sheep steady with lambs up to 15.75 and ewes, wethers, and clipped animals priced accordingly.
Oklahoma City Livestock Market Report
Oklahoma City March 24 cattle run 1 406 head steady with fed steers 9 25 to 9 75 beef cows 9 76 to 9 654 dealers 9 50 to 9 06 hogs 1 000 head steady bulk 11 20 to 11 45
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Oklahoma City
Chicago grain markets tilt as wheat reverses early gains
Chicago March 24 trading opened firm for wheat but moved lower as the session progressed. Corn fell from opening gains to show a general decline while oats held steady and provisions remained firm amid a softer staple grain backdrop.
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Chicago
New Orleans Cotton Market Provides Mixed Signals
The New Orleans cotton market opened quietly with modest gains then slipped on fears acreage reductions. May fell to 14.05, July to 14.20, and October to 14.18 before firming later in the day to 14.17, 14.31, and 14.41, as hedge selling reasserted itself and then varied with sector buying.
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New Orleans
New York Cotton Mixed Early With News From Liverpool
The New York cotton market opened steady to higher on Liverpool cues but faced selling pressure from the South and local traders amid better weather. May eased from 14.10 to 14.04 and October from 14.48 to 14.41 in early trading, with net declines 3 to 5 points on active positions. By mid-morning the tone turned steadier on chart support and late deliveries saw some buying, May rising to 14.24 and October to 14.50, with a 4 to 5 point net advance. Butter and eggs in Chicago showed higher dairy quotes with butter at 40% to 49, standards around 40, extras 40, firsts 45 46 47 48, seconds about 40.
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New York
Liverpool
Oil production in Seminole area rises with Lima and Earlsboro pools
Oil field analysis shows Lima and Earlsboro pools increasing yield while the old Seminole area declines. Lima, two miles south of Seminole, already produces over 18 000 barrels with four wells and about 150 more wells drilling, with 25 planned completions in six to eight weeks.
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Seminole
Lima
South Seminole
Earlsboro
Earisboro
Old Seminole
New Lima
Americans Slain and Foreign Officials in Nanking Crisis
The Cantonese commanders in Nanking ordered aboard the British cruiser Emerald after foreign casualties. Demands asked for immediate foreign protection, a Cantonese general to report by 11 p.m. to negotiate, and delivery of all foreigners to the Bund with escort by 10 a.m. tomorrow as negotiations with the Navy Department continued.
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Can
Emerald
Nanking
Bund
Navy Department
Boxer Uprising Recalled in 1927 Campaign
The Associated Press reports that Chinese Nationalists extend anti foreign action to Nanking with firing on Americans. The piece recalls the 1900 Boxer rebellion in which over 200 defenseless people including Americans and Britons died. Missionaries are not yet targeted in Canton.
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Associated Press
New York
Nanking
American navy warns Cantonese on Nanking demands
In a dispatch from Admiral Hough at 7 p.m. Chinese time, Cantonese representatives were warned that failure to meet three demands would make Nanking a military area. The report says firing continued on both banks of the Yangtse and much of Pukow was burning as refugees were moved from Nanking to Shanghai that night.
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Nanking
Navy Department
Admiral Hough
Yangtse
Pukow
Hough
Shanghai
Marines in Shanghai Hold City Quiet
United States marines who landed after the Nationalist occupation had not fired a shot nor suffered battle casualties by 3 PM. Private R W Kranz of the fourth regiment was slightly wounded by a spent bullet during patrol, and has returned to duty. The report notes a second casualty occurred.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
United States
R. W. Kranz
Prices for Potatoes Hit Chicago Market Report
Chicago March 24 Potatoes steady with Wisconsin round whites quoted 1 85 to 2 00. Idhoo russets range 2 70 to 2 95. Roosters 80 ducks 19 geese 16 noted.
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Roosters
Chicago
Wisconsin
Idhoo
New York Stocks Open Higher Led By Rail and Utilities
High priced shares rose at the opening with Reading American Water Works and Electric and Atchison advancing. Lackawanna opened down after news of a large special distribution to holders. Rail and miscellaneous shares gained 1 to almost 8 points as monetary easing lifted speculative interest and freight records drew bids. Shares tied to Durant and Wheeler interests rose in early trading. An overnight jump of 11 points to above 17.85 is Spanish pesetas featured the foreign areas.
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New York
Reading
American Water Works
Libel Suit Details in Redwine Case and Cross Examinations
Testimony centered on whether Mrs Redwine sold or stole clothing from a Houston store. Redwine acknowledged buying items for his wife and declined to assure they were not stolen. Police and officials testified that Mrs Redwine admitted theft. Jurors awaited verdict as witnesses questioned credibility of defense witness Marie Todd.
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Redwines
Redwine
Campbell
Stewart
Globe News
Houston
Ben Stone
The
Private Covert Shot Wound Near Markham Road Bridge
A Private Covert of the fourth regiment accidentally shot himself in the leg and was slightly wounded. British Coldstream guards guarded the Markham road bridge between Chapel native district and the International settlements. Forty US Marines called to assist patrolling had returned to reserve quarters. The area remained quiet.
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Covert
Coldstream
Banquet Hails Lehman Before Amarillo Departure
A large testimonial banquet for F. A. Lehman, general manager of Santa Fe, will be held tonight at 7:30 at the Amarillo hotel city club room. Nearly all tickets have sold, with room for all wishing to attend. Lehman leaves April 1 for Topeka to oversee eastern lines and has been a longtime Panhandle and Amarillo friend.
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F. A. Lehman
Santa Fe railWay
Amarillo
Topeka
Kansas
City Club
Amarillo Hotel
J. N. Bealsey
Citizens’ Committee
Lehman
Panhandle
Mr. Beasley
Bilingual Education Study Finds English Advantage in Vieques
A recent reading test of Vieques pupils shows greater English proficiency than Spanish in speech and thought. The supervisor notes heavier English instruction and more careful use of English by children due to intensified English work.
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Porto Rico
Vieques
McCoy Murder Trial Opens in Amarillo District Court
Testimony began in the murder trial of C. W. McCoy Amarillo painter charged with killing Arthur Lewis a local railroad man. A 12 member jury was drawn from a 100 person venire. McCoy claims common law and self defense with Foster Nix and V Full ingim defending him as W J Flesher prosecutes. The shooting occurred near the Santa Fe station with four bullets hit Lewis.
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C. W. McCoy
Amarillo
Arthur Lewis
Criminal District Court
McCoy
Foster
J. E. Spann
J. M. Allen
Bates Witt
E. M. Williams
H. G. Baker
Joe Wilson
A. P. Arrington
Ed Tull
Claude Brummett
Solomon C. Wine, Jr
G. P. Whitcomb
Local Woman Earns 100 Percent Drivers Club Award
Mrs. Madeline Neff of 406 East Fifth Street received a 100 percent Drivers’ club membership for safe driving over the past year. The award comes from the International Association of Automobile Traffic Officers, headquartered in Seattle, with no fees and requires no serious traffic violations in the prior twelve months.
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Madeline Neff
East Fifth Street
Traffic Officers Association
Big Church Training Class At San Jacinto Baptist
About seventy five people have enrolled in a church training school at San Jacinto Baptist Church on Fifth Street and Mississippi Avenue. Attendance may reach 100 by Friday. Five classes cover all ages under Rev. J. F. Johnston and a faculty that includes R. Gatlin R. E. Robbins Mrs. R. W. Bruce and Mrs. W. S. Savage.
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San Jacinto Baptist Church
Fifth Street
Mississippi Avenue
J. F. Johnston
M. E. Dilday
R. W. Bruce
Amarillo Rolls in Wealth as Houston Belief
George Lindsay sent to The Globe an article from The Houston Post explaining why Houston lost the 1928 Texas Cattle Raisers convention to Amarillo. Col. Ike Ashburn said Amarillo spent about $100,000 on the trip and is booming in oil equipment and building materials while Houston pursues closer cross state ties.
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Amarillo
George Lindsay
The
Globe
Houston Post
Houston
el Paso
Texas Cattle Raisers
Ike Ashburn
Houston Chamber of Commerce
Panhandle
Ashburn
New Mexico
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Air passenger line to link Chicago and Dallas scheduled
Kansas City March 24 The National Air Transport company will inaugurate the Dallas Chicago passenger service within a month. Eight monoplane ships under construction will carry four passengers each plus the pilot and will also handle mail. Night flying over the route may be possible by July 1.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Dallas
Chicago
R. W. Ireland
National Air Transport Company
Ireland
Teller on Way to Pen at Leavenworth
Former Sheriff Raymond Teller and his chief deputy R F Brandt of Willacy county were among fifteen federal prisoners who left Houston with Chief Deputy Marshal W H Meyers and Deputy Marshal E H Hutchinson for Leavenworth penitentiary. Teller and Brandt held aloof from the others and are under peonage charges.
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Associated Press
Houston
Raymond Teller
R. F. Brandt
Willacy County
W. H. Meyers
E. H. Hutchinson
Leavenworth Penitentiary
Teller
Brandt
Moody Grants Sixty Day Furlough to Liquor Convict
George S. Huffman, sentenced to one year for liquor law violations in Stephens County, received a sixty day furlough from Gov. Dan Moody due to his wife’s illness. About 205 Stephens and Fastland County citizens and the board of pardons recommended clemency.
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Associated Press
Austin
George S. Huffman
Stephens
Dan Moody
Fastland
Board of Pardons
Potter County Contestants Set For April Events
Potter county rural school children will attend a spelling and essay contest meeting in the offices of county superintendent Miss Laura V. Hamner on Saturday April 2. The general county meet is scheduled for Bushland on April 8 with Miss Lucy Purdy directing.
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Potter County
University Interscholastic League
Laura V. Hamner
Bushland
Lucy Purdy
Collingswood Enacts Vice and Immorality Law
Collingswood New Jersey passes a vice and immorality act. It prohibits street attire not customary for a person’s sex with fines up to 200 dollars or 90 days in jail. Halloween is exempt for knickers per the mayor.
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Associated Press
Collingswood
Hallowe'en
Perfumery Ad Highlights U S Export Value
A historical note shows toilet preparations made in America and shipped abroad last year valued at nearly six million dollars. This reflects the scope of domestic fragrance production reaching international markets and underscores postwar industrial output.
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America
Notting ham youth completes feat at FegeeHeY event
A ten year old boy from Notting ham, England, finishes a notable activity at FegeeHeY in Nottingham. The record mentions the event drew 47 520 links.
Roy Haynes named acting prohibition commissioner
Roy Haynes was named acting commissioner of prohibition by Secretary Mellon after a drive by the Anti Saloon League and other groups. The Ohioan will hold the post until Secretary Mellon returns from Europe in mid April, with Ernest W. Camp becoming acting commissioner of customs.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roy Haynes
Se Tary Mellon
Anti-Saloon League
Ohioan
Congress
Mr. Hayne
Herring Hotel Roof Open Sunday for Bird’s Eye Amarillo View
The Herring Hotel invites all to view Amarillo from the roof Sunday afternoon from 3 to 6 o clock. The 204 foot height offers a sweeping panorama of the city and surrounding countryside. Elevators to the fourteenth floor will guide visitors to the stairs that reach the top of the tall Texas building.
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Amarillo
Herring Hot
Amaril
Talle
Texas
Fort Wor
Pleasant Valley Opens First Unit Of New School
The first unit of the Pleasant Valley school is completed and praised as a beautiful Panhandle structure. Built at an estimated cost of 75000 dollars, the project aims to attract home buyers with a slogan promising life benefits, gardening, and self-sufficiency.
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Pleasant Valley School
Panhandler School
Pleasa Valley
Negro Arrested on Shoplifting Charge
A Black man was arrested this morning by Motorcycle Patrolman Hayes on a shoplifting charge at Adams Dry Goods Store. A sales clerk reportedly saw the man remove a dress from a hanger and conceal it under his coat before police were summoned.
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Hayes
Adams Dry Goods
Tle Adams Store
Morenz Dies at Local Hospital in Amarillo
Mrs. Mae Morenz aged 36 and a past year resident of Amarillo died this morning at a local hospital after a three week illness. She came from Chicago and lived at 3 West Fifth. The body is at the Burdett Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements with burial in Amarillo.
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Mae Morenz
Amarillo
Iun
Morenz
Chicago
West Fifth
Biaburn
Merchant of Wichita Falls Visits Amarillo Hub Store
O. Laskey of the Hub Clothing company of Wichita Falls is in Amarillo as the guest of Emil Sauer, owner of the Hub store here. Both stores are units in the Ti chain of clothing outlets serving men's needs across the Southwest.
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O. Laskey
The
Hub Clothing
Wichita Falls
Amarillo
Emil Sauer
Sout West
A Good Thing Dont Overlook 15 All From Jas Edwards
Montgomery reader reports a letter praising Foley s Honey and Tar for relief from coughs colds and croup It stops tickling throat eases a nervous cough and soothes inflamed throats The writer claims renewed vigor and recommends the product to others with request to ask for it at Duncan s dependable drug stores
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Jas. Edwards
Montgomery
Foley
Nervas
Duncan
Zemo Promises Quick Skin Relief And Clear Complexion
An ad claims Zemo provides safe dependable relief for itching and skin irritations. It asserts pimples blackheads blotches and worm-like irritations disappear after application. It promotes quick soft clear skin and cites price at 60 cents and one dollar.
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Zemo
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Richard Kleburg
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